Lethal Encounters
Englishmen and Indians in Colonial Virginia
1st Edition
Published on 20. January 2011
224 pages
978-0-313-39336-5 (ISBN)
Description
This in-depth narrative history of the interactions between English settlers and American Indians during the Virginia colony's first century explains why a harmonious coexistence proved impossible.
Britain's first successful settlements in America occurred over 400 years ago. Not surprisingly, the historical accounts of these events have often contained inaccuracies. This compelling study of colonial Virginia is based upon the latest research, shedding new light on the tensions between the English and the American Indians and clarifying the facts about storied relationships.
In Lethal Encounters: Englishmen and Indians in Colonial Virginia, the author examines why the Anglo settlers were unable to establish a peaceful and productive relationship with the region's native inhabitants. Readers will come to understand how the deep prejudices harbored by both whites and Indians, the incompatibility of their economic and social systems, and the leadership failures of protagonists like John Smith, Powhatan, Opechacanough, and William Berkeley caused this breakdown.
Britain's first successful settlements in America occurred over 400 years ago. Not surprisingly, the historical accounts of these events have often contained inaccuracies. This compelling study of colonial Virginia is based upon the latest research, shedding new light on the tensions between the English and the American Indians and clarifying the facts about storied relationships.
In Lethal Encounters: Englishmen and Indians in Colonial Virginia, the author examines why the Anglo settlers were unable to establish a peaceful and productive relationship with the region's native inhabitants. Readers will come to understand how the deep prejudices harbored by both whites and Indians, the incompatibility of their economic and social systems, and the leadership failures of protagonists like John Smith, Powhatan, Opechacanough, and William Berkeley caused this breakdown.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
ISBN-13
978-0-313-39336-5 (9780313393365)
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01/2011
Praeger Publishers Inc
€48.60
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Person
Alfred A. Cave is professor emeritus of history at the University of Toledo, Toledo, OH.
Content
- Cover
- Title Pgae
- Copyright Pgae
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Prelude: Explorations, Encounters, and Abandoned Colonies
- Chapter 2. "Our Mortall Enemies": Early Encounters at Jamestown
- Chapter 3. "To Subdue the Wilde Salvages": Captain John Smith and the Powhatans
- Chapter 4. "A World of Miseries": The Virginia Colony, 1609-1614
- Chapter 5. "Upon Doubtful Terms": Virginia, 1616-1622
- Chapter 6. "A Plantation of Sorrows": Virginia, 1622-1635
- Chapter 7. Another War and a New Policy
- Chapter 8. Bacon's Rebellion and Its Aftermath
- Conclusions
- Notes
- Index
